ageratum
ageratum noun: any member of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
Noun
ageratum (usually uncountable, plural ageratums)
- Any member of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
- The way before him was little more than a bridle-path along the earth […] . The soft blue tufts of the ageratum were on each side continually.1888, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure, New York: Scribner, “Grande Pointe,” Chapter 2, pp. 77-78
- They helped carry things up a sidewalk bordered with a purple fringe of ageratums into the small house behind the parsonage.1988, Barbara Kingsolver, chapter 17, in The Bean Trees, New York: HarperPerennial, page 218
Forms of ageratum
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Origin of ageratum
From the genus name.
Questions about ageratum
- What does ageratum mean?
- Ageratum means any member of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
- What part of speech is ageratum?
- Ageratum is a noun.
- What is the plural of ageratum?
- The plural of ageratum is ageratums.
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